Big-eared Flying Fox vs cush-cush

Pteropus macrotis compared with Dioscorea trifida

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while cush-cush is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	cush-cush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Dioscorea
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Dioscorea trifida

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

cush-cush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	cush-cush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cush-cush

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

Big-eared Flying Fox

The Big-eared Flying Fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.